The other copyright battle: pop’s unexpected longevity has a major commercial downside. “Once out of copyright, the BPI fears such potentially lucrative recordings could be exploited without recompense to the performers or the copyright h[…]

BACK FROM THEE DEAD SHOCKAH: Laurence Olivier “resurrected for film role”!!! Their words, not mine!! Sheesh, goths! 
But moving on, next up we’ll have robots replacing actors and then FILMS OF ROBOTS and then FILMS OF[…]

THE SQUARE TABLE 6/ The Shapeshifters – “Lola’s Theme”
Pop Factor: 673 Controversy Score: 260
My appreciation for Lola’s Theme considered as the image of a dance track:
A. THE BUILD: it seems like it’s always bee[…]

Brazil win Copa America
A strange final, full of fluctuating tempos. Perhaps tiredness caught up with the players, but at times it resembled training, Argentina keeping possession and Brazil just keeping their eye on them.
The final few minutes were […]

THREE OF A KIND – “Babycakes”
A Summer gets the anthems it deserves. And this humble, cloudy weather fits “Babycakes” so well – the sudden return of Garage, but shyer, more tentative, and much more tender. Twee-ste[…]

If quality could be judged on the time spent sitting in the pub discussing it afterwards (and perhaps in a Geezeasthetics world it should be) then the standing of dodgy science fiction movies would obviously soar. I went to see The Butterfly Effect a[…]

Sometimes I think I sort of miss the stupid broadsheet articles about Eminem that were such a feature of the early naughties.[…]

Robin The Frog was Kermit The Frog’s nephew. He was a tiny little creature, whose main problem in life was:
a) Being a frog
b) Being a small frog
c) Being the nephew of a hyperactive maniac theatre manager and having to live down the ignomity […]

Routemasters in Finsbury Park
 
“Basically, it’s a tank without a gun barrel” said a man in a white shirt with yellow armpits. This was considered insightful judging by the nodding it produced. Routemasters are being phased out[…]

Yukari Fresh and Low IQ 101–Anarchy in the UK
(available here)
Everyone assumes that Anarchy is all about nihilism, and its all Sid viscous fault. There is none of the freedom, the collective nature, the joy or fun that anarchy can provide in T[…]